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From:
Scott@HQ.PenFed.org [mailto:Scott@HQ.PenFed.org]
Sent: Thursday,
October 18, 2001 11:16 AM
To: jknaur
Subject: THIS SAYS
IT ALL!!!!!
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
School officials remove "God
Bless America" signs
from schools in fear that someone
might be offended.
Channel 12 News in
Long Island, New York, orders flags
removed from the
newsroom and red, white, and blue ribbons
removed from the
lapels of reporters. Why? Management did
not want to appear
biased and felt that our nations flag
might give the
appearance that "they lean one way or another".
Berkeley, California
bans U.S. Flags from being displayed on
city fire trucks
because they didn't want to offend anyone
in the community.
In an "act of
tolerance" the head of the public library at
Florida Gulf Coast
University ordered all "Proud to be an
American" signs
removed so as to not offend international
students.
I, for one, am quite
disturbed by these actions of so-called
American citizens; and
I am tired of this nation worrying
about whether or not
we are offending some individual or
their culture. Since
the terrorist attacks on September 11,
we have experienced a
surge in patriotism by the majority of
Americans. However,
the dust from the attacks had barely
settled in New York
and Washington D.C. when the "politically
correct" crowd began
complaining about the possibility that
our patriotism was
offending others.
I am not against
immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against
anyone who is seeking
a better life by coming to America. In
fact, our country's
population is almost entirely comprised of
descendants of
immigrants; however, there are a few things that
those who have
recently come to our country, and apparently
some native Americans,
need to understand.
First of all, it is
not our responsibility to continually try
not to offend you in
any way. This idea of America being a
multi-cultural
community has served only to dilute our
sovereignty and our
national identity. As Americans, we have
our own culture, our
own society, our own language, and our
own lifestyle. This
culture, called the "American Way" has been
developed over
centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by
millions of men and
women who have sought freedom. Our
forefathers fought,
bled, and died at places such as Bunker
Hill, Antietam, San
Juan, Iwo Jima, Normandy, Korea, Vietnam,
We speak English, not
Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,
Russian, or any other
language. Therefore, if you wish to
become part of our
society - learn our language!
"In God We Trust" is
our national motto. This is not some
off-the-wall,
Christian, Right Wing, political slogan - it
is our national motto.
It is engraved in stone in the House
of Representatives in
our Capitol and it is printed on our
currency. We adopted
this motto because Christian men and
women, on Christian
principles, founded this nation; and
this is clearly
documented throughout our history. If it is
appropriate for our
motto to be inscribed in the halls of our
highest level of
Government, then it is certainly appropriate
to display it on the
walls of our schools.
God is in our pledge,
our National Anthem, nearly every
patriotic song, and in
our founding documents. We honor His
birth, death, and
resurrection as holidays, and we turn to
Him in prayer in times
of crisis. If God offends you, then
I suggest you consider
another part of the world as your new
home, because God is
part of our culture and we are proud
to have Him.
We are proud of our
heritage and those who have so honorably
defended our freedoms.
We celebrate Independence Day,
Memorial Day, Veterans
Day, and Flag Day. We have parades,
picnics, and barbecues
where we proudly wave our flag. As
an American, I have
the right to wave my flag, sing my national
anthem, quote my
national motto, and cite my pledge whenever
and wherever I choose.
If the Stars and Stripes offend you, or
you don't like Uncle
Sam, then you should seriously consider a
move to another part
of this planet.
The American culture
is our way of life, our heritage, and we
are proud of it. We
are happy with our culture and have no
desire to change, and
we really don't care how you did things
where you came from.
We are Americans, like it or not, this
is our country, our
land, and our lifestyle.
Our First Amendment
gives every citizen the right to express
his opinion about our
government, culture, or society, and we
will allow you every
opportunity to do so. But once you are
done complaining,
whining, and griping about our flag, our
pledge, our national
motto, or our way of life, I highly
encourage you take
advantage of one other great American
freedom, the right to
leave.
If you agree, pass
this on to other Americans!! It is time to take a stand!!
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